Combination instrument-holder, waste-vessel and adapter



F. R. HART May 17, 1932.

COMBINATI ON INSTRUMENT HOLDER, WASTE VESSEL,AND ADAPTER Filed Aug. 1, 1930 IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY Patented May 17, 1932 FRANK R. HART, OF PACIFIC GROVE, CALIFORNIA COMBINATION INSTRUMENT-HOLDER, VVASTE-VESSEL AND ADAPTER Application filed August 1, 1930. Serial No. 472,368.

This invention comprises a combination instrument holder, waste-vessel and adapter and relates to apparatus used in the treatment of gonorrhea either by the selective employment of ultra-violet rays in conjunction with irrigation, by the rays alone without irrigation, or by irrigation without the rays.

The present invention results from my practice with the invention disclosed in Patent No. 1,721,019, covering an instrument for carrying the ultra-violet rays into urethral canals, and fluid means to dilate the urethra for free passage therealong of said rays.

In my allowed application Serial No. 333,141 I disclosed means to provide returnflow irrigation adapted to dilate the urethra and flush out infected mucous matter.

The irrigational feature necessitated the provision of a waste means to carry away the impure water.

' In my co-pending application Serial No. 428,778, filed February 15, 1930, I disclosed a. waste-vessel adapted for use with my return flow instrument, the present application being an improvement thereon.

In order to promote the use of my special apparatus in the treatment of gonorrhea, as disclosed in the above-mentioned patent and pending applications, by employment of the ultra-violet rays and irrigation, I find-it very desirable to provide a combination unitary article comprising, a waste-vessel, an instrument-holder, an adapter and a regulable fluid inlet with necessary connections for the supply of fluid to the instrument when administering treatment.

The waste-vessel element per se constitutes the structural body of the article which is in the general form of a sink provided with splash-guard sides and a drain outlet capable of connection with a sewer or other means of fluid disposal.

The entire structure is arranged to be detachably connected with an ultra-violet ray machine so that the rays will pass through a ray-permeable applicator-y element of an instrument to be described.

The instrument itself forms no part of the present invention but said holder element enters into the combination and is provided in order to mount the instrument when needed. The instrument proper beingdesigned for use with irrigation fluids is provided with connections adapted to couple said instrument with a source of fluid supply which may well be a cam adapted to be raised or lowered on a standard so as to provide the difl'crent pressures. However, in practice I find it more convenient and practical to pro vide fixed means integral with said structure whereby a regulating valveoperable by the patient is interposed between the instrument and said supply. i

The objects of the invention, therefore, comprise the following desiderata.

To provide a new article of commerce salable as an individual unit having splashguard walls and a drain outlet.

To provide a self contained article which may be detached and sterilized by boiling.

To provide holder means on the inner back wall of the article adapted to mount an applicatory instrument containing a quartz, or

other suitable element for transmitting the rays from the ultra-violet ray machine to a urethral canal.

To provide means incorporated in the article whereby fluid connection under regulable control may be had between a source of fluid and said instrument in such a manner that during the process of treatment the return flow of fluid will waste into the vessel; together with other objects and advantages whichwill hereinafter appear, be particularly pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a front elevation of my apparatus. I

Figure 2 is a general elevati'onal view of the entire apparatus with the parts relating to the present invention shown in section taken on the line II-II of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top-plan view shown in sec-- tion taken on the line III-III of Figure 4.

Figure 4 is a detailed front view of the holder. element.

Figure 5 is a side view of the instrument indicating the direction of the fluid current.

Similar reference indicia refer to, similar 10 parts throughout the several views.

At the front, the lens barrel 10 is provided with the bezel 11 of greater diameter than the barrel to retain the lens 12. 1

By reference to Figures 2 and 3 it will be noted that the adapter '13 is perforated axial-' ly and extends at right angles from the back wall 16 of the waste-vessel C so as to cup over said bezel, thus permitting the thumb-screw 14 to engage said lens barrel at a point between said bezel and the adjacent front wall of the machine A thereby attaching the Waste vessel (otherwise said unitary article) securely thereto.

The element 15 is of reduced diameter, passes through said back wall from the back and projects suitably in front to form the holder G adapted to receive the instrument E, well shown in Figures 2.and 5, the, axially perforated flange 17 forming a seat for the rear end of said instrument, which comprises the body 18 adapted to fit into the socket G, the intake nipple 19, the'outlet nipple 20, the splash-guard 21 and the tip 22 all preferably made integral, and of material non-permeable to said rays.

The applicatory element designated F, is composed of quartz or other material permeable to said rays. The rear end of said element is cone-shaped to fit a counterpart bore in the rear end of said instrument, is provided with the knurled rim 22a to lay hold of, and thecylindricalprojection 22b adapted to center in the perforation 22c.

Said instrument is held securely in the holder G by the thumb screw l ke which as is well shown inFigure 3 points backward and has a tendency to keep the rear end of said instrument in close contact withthe seat 17, the cylindrical projection 226 being pref erably of sufficient length to contact with the lens 12when the instrument is in operative position.

7' It'will be noted by close reference to Figures 2 and 5 that thespace 23 exists between the outer surface of said quartz element and the inner surface of the tip 22 as far back as the arrow .24,thereby establishing fluid connection between said instrument as a whole and thereservoir D when the valve 25 is open; thereby, causinga cone-like flow of fluid to emerge in the direction of the arrows 26-26. l v I The axial duct 27 extends backward to connect with the outlet nipple 20 as indicated by the arrow 28; causing a reflow of fiuid, Whicheffectof course is not produced unless a male organ is forced over said tip, in which adapter 13 is shown as having the flange 29 for attachment to the back 16, whereas, in Figures 3 and tsaid flange is omitted. As a matter of fact the use of electric and other Welding means are so much in present use that it is preferable to join the parts in question by welding; the same being true of the re-enforcing 30 which carries the valve 25.

It is believed that my invention and the advantages to be gained by the use thereof are fully explained.

In reducing the invention to practice, certain minor features in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may necessitate alteration, to which the patentee is entitled, providing such alteration is comprehended in the scope of what is claimed.

What I claim is 9 1. The combination with an ultra-violet ray machine having means tosupport a port: able lantern which is removable fromthe means; of a waste-vessel carried by the lan- 

